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Abbreviation for life without parole; the harshest of prison sentences. … [Read more...] about LWOP

The gate into a churchyard, with a roof or awning hung on posts over it to cover the body brought for' burial, when it rests underneath. Wharton. … [Read more...] about LYCH-GATE

Sax. In old records. Lief silver or money; a small fine paid by the customary tenant to the lord for leave to plow or sow, etc. Somn. Gavelkind, 27. … [Read more...] about LYEF-GELD

A person who, by his presence and silence at a transaction which affects his interests, may be fairly supposed to acquiesce in it, if he afterwards propose to disturb the arrangement, is said to be prevented from doing so by reason that he has been lying by. … [Read more...] about LYING BY

A term descriptive of waifs, wrecks, estrays, and the like, which may be seized without suit or action. … [Read more...] about LYING IN FRANCHISE